Netanyahu’s political future looks shakier in midst of Israel-Hamas war

Already declining support for prime minister falls further as calls grow for his resignation and public anger rises

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For more than a decade, there have been calls for Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to resign - and for no shortage of reasons: growing levels of inequality, Israel's housing crisis, his penchant for ugly populism, multiple corruption scandals for which he is still on trial, and most recently, attempts at a judicial overhaul.

But after the 7 October attack on the country by Hamas, the future of Israel's ultimate political survivor looks especially shaky, even in the midst of a new war in Gaza.